Madurai panchang, 24 January 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 10:28 Magha month
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India · 9.92°, 78.12° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam 09:35 – 11:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:06 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 13:56 – 15:23
- 13:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:16 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:18 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 05:01 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:40 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 14:01
- Karana Kaulava until 13:16, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:16 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 00:40 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:40 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 08:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:35 – 11:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:56 – 15:23
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 14:16 – 06:40 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:01 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:06 – 12:52
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 10:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:16 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 08:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:08 – 09:35 | Good |
| Rog | 09:35 – 11:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:02 – 12:29 | Bad |
| Char | 12:29 – 13:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:56 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 16:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:51 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:51 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:56 – 00:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:29 – 02:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:02 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:35 – 05:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:40 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:29 NowMoon
- 13:27 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:27 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:29 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:01 – 06:04 Sagittarius
- 06:04 – 07:59 Capricorn
- 07:59 – 09:43 Aquarius
- 09:43 – 11:26 Pisces
- 11:26 – 13:16 Aries
- 13:16 – 15:20 Taurus
- 15:20 – 17:31 Gemini
- 17:31 – 19:38 Cancer
- 19:38 – 21:38 Leo
- 21:38 – 23:37 Virgo
- 23:37 – 01:41 next day Libra
- 01:41 – 03:52 next day Scorpio
- 03:52 – 06:00 next day Sagittarius
- 06:00 – 06:40 next day Capricorn
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method